In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln said that the country was based on the idea that "all men are created equal." What document was he quoting?(1 point) Responses the Declaration of Independence the Declaration of Independence the Federalist Papers the Federalist Papers the Bill of Rights the Bill of Rights the Emancipation Proclamation
The correct answer is the Declaration of Independence.
Abraham Lincoln was quoting the Declaration of Independence in the Gettysburg Address when he stated that the country was based on the idea that "all men are created equal."
Abraham Lincoln was quoting the Declaration of Independence in his Gettysburg Address when he said that the country was based on the idea that "all men are created equal." The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in American history, written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson. It announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as independent sovereign states and no longer under British rule. The document starts with the famous phrase "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
